Timeline

Moomairremener and Pydairrerme people in occupation for several thousand years before:
 * TIMELINE OF HISTORICAL EVENTS **
 * 1642 || Abel Tasman anchored off Marion Bay. ||
 * 1772 || Captain Nicholas Marion du Fresne anchored in North Bay (Frederick Henry Bay) ||
 * 1772/1773 || Bruni D'Entrecasteaux sailed into Frederick Henry Bay. ||
 * 1798 || George Bass and Matthew Flinders in Frederick Henry Bay. ||
 * 1802 || Nicholas Baudin in Frederick Henry Bay. ||
 * || M. Faure charts and names Carlton River (Riviere Brue) and Pittwater (Basin Ransonnet) ||
 * 1803 || James Meehan, surveyor, passed through part of the Sorell district. The first non-aboriginal to do so. ||
 * 1805 || George Prideaux Harris surveyed the Pittwater district. ||
 * 1806 || First farms in cultivation in Gloucestor as Sorell District was then known. ||
 * 1812 || First land grants confirmed by Governor Macquarie. ||
 * 1815 || Robert Nash built a windmill on his grant at Sorell Creek. ||
 * || Michael Howe and J. Whitehead, bushrangers, attacked the homesteads of A. Humphrey at Cornhill and B. Reardon at Thornhill. ||
 * 1816 || First regular postal service carried to Pittwater by convicts. ||
 * || Michael Howe and gang visited Nonsuch, residence of T. Lascelles. ||
 * 1817 || Whaling took place in Frederick Henry Bay. ||
 * 1821 || Governor Macquarie visited Pittwater. He named the own Sorell in honour of the Tasmanian Governor. ||
 * || First school built and headmaster Charles Hippesley Cox. ||
 * 1822 || Robert Garrett was the first doctor in the district from 1822 - 1827. ||
 * 1824 || Downwards water mill built on Iron Creek. ||
 * || Organised postal services come to Sorell. ||
 * || Sorell attacked by Matthew Brady's bushranging gang. Lieutenant Gunn wounded and lost an arm. ||
 * 1825 || Building of St George's Anglican Church commenced. ||
 * || Road built from Kangaroo Point (Bellerive) to Pittwater Bluff. ||
 * 1826 || James Gordon appointed as a magistrate and local coroner. ||
 * || Military barracks and a watch house built at Sorell and a barracks at East Bay Neck. ||
 * 1827-1830 || Conflict with aboriginal tribes throughout the district. ||
 * 1830 || Semaphore signalling stations established East Bay Neck and Sorell, as part of the Port Arthur to Sorell system. ||
 * || Ralph Dodge's ferry began and operated until 1871. ||
 * 1831 || Sorell settlers take part in the "Black Line." ||
 * || Governor Arthur based at Sorell during the operation. ||
 * 1833/1834 || Downward's windmill built in "The Circle" at Sorell. ||
 * 1840 || Dunalley proclaimed a town. ||
 * || Congregational church built at Carlton. ||
 * 1840's || Robert Blythe was doctor in Sorell and first warden in 1862. ||
 * 1842 || Ralph Dodge opened a post office at Carlton that closed in 1949. ||
 * || Presbyterian Church opened in Sorell. ||
 * 1846 || Roman Catholic Church opened in Sorell. ||
 * 1855 || Bridge over Sorell Rivulet completed. ||
 * 1862 || Sorell made a municipality. ||
 * 1864 || Subscription library opened on the corner of Walker and Somerville Streets, Sorell. ||
 * 1869 || Wattle Hill school opened. ||
 * 1872 || Sale yards opened in Sorell. Closed in 1972. ||
 * 1874 || Sorell Causeway opened. Renewed in 1906, 1957 and 2003. ||
 * 1876 || Telegraph service to Sorell, George Peacock telegraphist. ||
 * 1883 || Bridge over Iron Creek. Replaced in 1951. ||
 * 1892 || Sorell / Bellerive railway opened. Closed 30 June 1926. ||
 * 1897 || Major bush fires in December. Livestock and property losses throughout municipality. ||
 * 1898 || Dunalley Hall opened. ||
 * 1899 || Bream Creek butter factory opened. Closed in 1948. ||
 * 1900 || First Bream Creek Show. ||
 * 1905 || Denison Canal opened at Dunalley. ||
 * 1906 || Bream Creek Hall opened. ||
 * 1910 || Sorell Council Chambers erected. ||
 * 1916 || Water connected to Sorell from a reservoir at Cherry Tree Opening, now Pawleena. ||
 * 1930 || Electricity connected to Sorell. ||
 * 1938 || Schools closed for about 6 months due to polio outbreak. ||
 * 1939 || Bushfires destroyed 5 houses near Kellevie. ||
 * 1942 || Fish cannery opened at Dunalley. ||
 * 1954 || War Memorial Hall opened in Sorell. ||
 * 1957 || Carlton Beach Surf Club formed. ||
 * || Sorell Causeway upgraded and widened. Second bridge opened. ||
 * 1958 || Richardson's Abbatoir opened at Sorell. Now Ingham's chicken processing factory. ||
 * 1965 || Midway Point Community Hall opened. ||
 * 1966 || Mains water connected to Midway Point. ||
 * 1967 || Bushfires affected Penna, Orielton, Midway Point, Sorell and Kellevie. Property losses and 5 deaths. ||
 * 1969 || First Ningana Units for the aged opened in Sorell. ||
 * 1970 || Sewerage connected to Midway Point. ||
 * 1987 || Dodges Ferry School opened. ||
 * 1988 || Existing library in Sorell opened. ||
 * || Purity shopping complex opened in Sorell. ||

What buildings have been built since 1988? What entertainment areas have been built? Can any events be added to our timeline? (Fires, floods etc) Can any other events be added that happened before 1988? Did any major events happen? Have any buildings been shut down or destroyed? Where and what were the first buildings in Sorell?
 * Questions to be answered then added to the timeline.**